I'm suffering a little this morning with what seems to be a bit of hay fever (I almost wrote spring fever, but that's different), as my head is all clogged up. I generally don't have allergies, but I had a bout like this a few years ago, and even though tree pollen counts in the area have gone from high to moderate over the past week, I'm assuming that this is what's going on here, as this isn't a head cold, and I don't really have any other explanation. Achoo!

Generic Zyrtec and menthol-eucalyptus drops are the answer--and sometimes with the drops I don't need the drug.

Pollen count a few weeks ago in Atlanta hit a record of above 9,300--up from the previous record of 6,000 something. The media here said a couple of years ago that a typical "high" pollen count is about 200...